IEEE Educational Activities Board
Committee on Engineering Accreditation
Activities
for Engineering Accreditation
Commission (EAC)
of the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)
IEEE Program Evaluator Applicants must meet the
ABET Requirements, (both the ABET
Minimum Qualifications and
Competency Model which appear on ABET's
website) and the IEEE Qualifications below:
The nominee or applicant must:
1. be a senior member or fellow of the IEEE,
excepting that members who have applied for senior
membership may be approved for appointment as a
program evaluator pending approval of their senior memberships;
2. have a minimum of ten (10) years
experience in electrical engineering and/or
computer engineering, with preference given to those
with recent experience both in academe and
industry and/or government;
3. have appropriate technical competence;
4. have current familiarity with and
interest in education in electrical engineering
and/or computer engineering in the United States;
5. have analytical ability, communication
skills, and personal maturity commensurate with
the requirements of an evaluator's assignments;
6. be sensitive to the needs and
potentialities of women and minorities with
respect to electrical engineering and computer
engineering education and the associated professions;
7. have formal education to the Master's
degree level or recognized distinction in the
practice of electrical engineering and/or computer engineering;
8. have a stated willingness and ability to
accept a five-year appointment as an evaluator and
attend, without reimbursement of expenses by the
IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB), a
training workshop sponsored by IEEE or the EAC of ABET;
9. have a stated willingness to conduct
visits and all associated activities in accordance
with the requirements, established by the EAC of
ABET and the IEEE through the EAB, governing
accreditation visits; and
10. in the case of an academic
nominee/applicant, be associated with an EAC of
ABET accredited engineering program or have had
substantial involvement in such a program.
(Current Form - Revised August 2007)
